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What's the use case here that isn't solved by configuring your browser to prohibit third-party cookies? Obviously browser fingerprinting and all of that can be
by andrewla 6y ago
What's the use case here that isn't solved by configuring your browser to prohibit third-party cookies? Obviously browser fingerprinting and all of that can be used to try to extract the information, so browser should be strengthening their anti-fingerprinting measures.
But it strikes me that this is almost entirely a client-side problem. If a server wants to give me a cookie or put something in local storage, or serve me URLs with a tracking parameter in the url, so be it -- there's no privacy violation unless they can ask another website if they know who I am, and blocking third party cookies stops that.
- Hokusai 6y agoYou are tracked by more means that just cookies. Fingerprinting is not solved by clearing your cookies. The GDPR is not about cookies but about data retention and processing using cookies or not. Accepting to be tracked allows the website to store legally your personal data and probably use fingerprinting to follow you around.